Abstract
The aminoglycoside antibiotic (AGA) neomycin is a known agonist of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaR). To test whether other AGA drugs stimulate the CaR, we studied the relative effects of four AGAs on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) using CaR-transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells. Gentamicin, tobramycin, and neomycin evoked dose- dependent increases in [Ca2+]i with EC50 values of 258, 177, and 43 μM, respectively, in CaR-transfected, but not in non-transfected cells. Kanamycin was ineffective at doses
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 71-77 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 297 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Calcium receptor
- Fura-2 AM
- Intracellular calcium
- Intracellular pH